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Turkey condemns Quran burning protest in Stockholm as a ‘heinous act’

The decision to allow a mosque-burning protest may threaten Sweden's chances of joining NATO, due to objections from Turkey.

Turkey condemned a decision by Swedish authorities to approve a Quran-burning demonstration outside a mosque in Stockholm, a move that may jeopardize Sweden’s bid to join NATO before the bloc’s key summit.

Allowing such an inflammatory protest stirred a backlash in Turkey, a NATO member state that has obstructed Sweden’s accession bid.

Turkey’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, condemned the protest, calling it a “heinous act.”

“It is unacceptable to allow these anti-Islamic actions under the pretext of freedom of expression. To turn a blind eye to such heinous acts is to be complicit in them,” Hakan Fidan said in a statement.

The Turkish government’s Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun added in a tweet: “We are sick and tired of enabling of Islamophobia and continued instances of hatred for our religion on the part of European authorities especially in Sweden. Those who seek to become our allies in NATO, cannot tolerate or enable destructive behaviors of Islamophobic and xenophobic terrorists,” he said.

NATO officials are hoping to avoid the embarrassment of seeing the alliance miss its own stated aim of admitting Sweden to the alliance by July 11. Officials fear that missing this deadline will send a humiliating and potentially dangerous message to the alliance’s adversaries.

Turkey : a strategically important NATO member due to its geographical location in both the Middle East and Europe, and the alliance’s second-largest military power, has proven the greatest obstacle to Sweden’s NATO accession bid.

But the decision to permit a Quran-burning protest may further damage Sweden’s relations with Turkey and dent the country’s hopes to join NATO.

Le 29 juin 2023 à 02:15:46 :
Turkey condemns Quran burning protest in Stockholm as a ‘heinous act’

The decision to allow a mosque-burning protest may threaten Sweden's chances of joining NATO, due to objections from Turkey.

Turkey condemned a decision by Swedish authorities to approve a Quran-burning demonstration outside a mosque in Stockholm, a move that may jeopardize Sweden’s bid to join NATO before the bloc’s key summit.

Allowing such an inflammatory protest stirred a backlash in Turkey, a NATO member state that has obstructed Sweden’s accession bid.

Turkey’s foreign minister condemned the protest, calling it a “heinous act.”

“It is unacceptable to allow these anti-Islamic actions under the pretext of freedom of expression. To turn a blind eye to such heinous acts is to be complicit in them,” Hakan Fidan said in a statement.

The Turkish government’s Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun added in a tweet: “We are sick and tired of enabling of Islamophobia and continued instances of hatred for our religion on the part of European authorities especially in Sweden. Those who seek to become our allies in NATO, cannot tolerate or enable destructive behaviors of Islamophobic and xenophobic terrorists,” he said.

NATO officials are hoping to avoid the embarrassment of seeing the alliance miss its own stated aim of admitting Sweden to the alliance by July 11. Officials fear that missing this deadline will send a humiliating and potentially dangerous message to the alliance’s adversaries.

Turkey : a strategically important NATO member due to its geographical location in both the Middle East and Europe, and the alliance’s second-largest military power, has proven the greatest obstacle to Sweden’s NATO accession bid.

But the decision to permit a Quran-burning protest may further damage Sweden’s relations with Turkey and dent the country’s hopes to join NATO.

La Turquie est la terre d'accueil de 100 000 réfugiés ukrainiens qui y vivent aujourd'hui depuis le début du conflit. Et c'est comme ça que les sales gaouris les remercient, ces porcs Suedois auraient mieux fait de supplier la Turquie a genoux pour qu'ils leurs permettent d'accéder à leurs requête d'intégrer l'OTAN. Après un tel blasphème, leur requête semble sérieusement compromise